Rapid Subsurface Ocean Warming in the Bay of Fundy as Measured by Free-Swimming Basking Sharks

It is widely recognized that the western North Atlantic has recently warmed very rapidly. Sea surface temperatures (SST) in 2012 were measured to be 1–3°C higher than the 1982–2011 average (Mills et al., 2013). In particular, in continental shelf regions, such as the Gulf of Maine (GoM), there was p...

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Main Authors: Heather N. Koopman, Andrew J. Westgate, Zachary A. Siders, Lawrence B. Cahoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2014-06-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-2_koopman.pdf